Greg Sealock Posted September 21, 2004 Share Posted September 21, 2004 Today I felt like I was kicked in the gut! While taking a load of scrap to a local scrap yard, I observed an elderly couple pull in with a '53 Buick Special two door hard-top on a trailer. The hood was gone and the windshield was broke, but all of the other crome was there, the body was fairly solid, and all of the other glass was intact, at the least a solid parts car. The scrap dealer does not allow you to pick parts off of cars. The cars are instantly crushed,stacked, and then run through the shredder. I attempted to buy the car from the scrap yard, but they claimed that they were not"licensed" to sell vehicles, that it would be crushed. What a shame! They pay $65 a ton for vehicles, so at roughly 3700lbs, the guy crushed a true gem for under $130.00. My only regret is that I wasn't out the front gate 5 minuters earlier, and observed the guy on the road so that I could have saved her.What a truly sad day for old Buick lovers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Green Posted September 21, 2004 Share Posted September 21, 2004 Since the dramatic rise in steel cost the past 6 months thousands and thousands of older vehicles have been cleaned up or out of junkyards. I was told that two Midwest yards crushed over 7,000 vehicles combined. I believe that the Old Cars Weekly magazine reported a few months back that 15 or 20 thousand vehicles may have been lost this past year already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smartin Posted September 21, 2004 Share Posted September 21, 2004 I went to a local yard just across the river known for having lots of older GM stuf...They crushed 75% of all they had!!!!!!NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Futterman Posted September 22, 2004 Share Posted September 22, 2004 Awful,but what could we do ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Mr. Solutions Posted September 23, 2004 Share Posted September 23, 2004 What can we do??? A realistic question...Maybe we can start taking better care of what we already have!! Now I'm sure that most of us already do do so, but I can't help asking the question "how did so many cars end up in the condition that they are"? (As per the example in this thread)Don't worry, no answers required - more of a hypothetical question..., but it DOES make one think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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